offshore
... creating vertical and horizontal clusters of development in these sectors. Mauritius has attracted more than 32,000 offshore entities, many aimed at commerce in India, South Africa, and China. Investment in the banking ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/e_ec.html
offshore
... transshipment point for heroin from South Asia; small amounts of cannabis produced and consumed locally; significant offshore financial industry creates potential for money laundering, but corruption levels are relatively low and the ...
www.exxun.com/Mauritius/i_ti.html
offshore
phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products
www.exxun.com/Nauru/e_ec.html
offshore
none; offshore anchorage only
www.exxun.com/NavassaIsland/g_tr.html
offshore
Tourism, petroleum refining, and offshore finance are the mainstays of this small economy, which is closely tied to the outside world. Although GDP has declined or grown slightly in each of the ...
www.exxun.com/NetherlandsAntilles/e_ec.html
offshore
... services industry, although the International Banking Repeal Act of 2002 resulted in the termination of all offshore banking licenses. Economic aid from New Zealand in 2002 was about US$2 million. Niue ...
www.exxun.com/Niue/e_ec.html
offshore
none; offshore anchorage only
www.exxun.com/Niue/g_tr.html
offshore
... the main driver of growth, supported by high consumer confidence and strong investment spending in the offshore oil and gas sector. Norway's record high budget surplus and upswing in the labor ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/e_ec.html
offshore
... waters directly touch. It provides low-cost sea transportation between East and West, extensive fishing grounds, offshore oil and gas fields, minerals, and sand and gravel for the construction industry. In 1996 ...
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/e_ec.html
offshore
... laundering center for narcotics revenue; money-laundering activity is especially heavy in the Colon Free Zone; offshore financial center; negligible signs of coca cultivation; monitoring of financial transactions is improving; official corruption ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/i_ti.html
offshore
... s most isolated dependency; only the larger island of Pitcairn is inhabited but it has no port or natural harbor; supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships stationed offshore
www.exxun.com/PitcairnIslands/b_mp.html
offshore
some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore oil
www.exxun.com/PuertoRico/b_mp.html
offshore
2,486 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
www.exxun.com/SaintHelena/e_ec.html
offshore
... and to stimulate other sectors of the economy. Activities such as tourism, export-oriented manufacturing, and offshore banking have assumed larger roles in the economy and have contributed to the recent robust ...
www.exxun.com/SaintKittsandNevis/e_ec.html
offshore
The island nation has been able to attract foreign business and investment, especially in its offshore banking and tourism industries, with a surge in foreign direct investment in 2006, attributed to the ...
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/e_ec.html
offshore
... more than 160,000 tourist arrivals, mostly to the Grenadines. Saint Vincent is home to a small offshore banking sector and has moved to adopt international regulatory standards. The government's ability to ...
www.exxun.com/SaintVincentandtheGrenadines/e_ec.html
offshore
electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade
www.exxun.com/Singapore/e_ec.html
offshore
McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica note: few ports or harbors exist on southern side of Southern Ocean; ice conditions limit use of most to short periods in midsummer; even then ...
www.exxun.com/SouthernOcean/g_tr.html
offshore
pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; water quality and quantity nationwide; air pollution; deforestation; desertification
www.exxun.com/Spain/b_mp.html
offshore
none; offshore anchorage only
www.exxun.com/SpratlyIslands/g_tr.html
offshore
... drilling was given a boost in 2004 when the State Oil Company (Staatsolie) signed exploration agreements with Repsol, Maersk, and Occidental. Bidding on these new offshore blocks was completed in July 2006
www.exxun.com/Suriname/e_ec.html
offshore
... significant legislation and reporting requirements, secrecy rules persist and nonresidents are permitted to conduct business through offshore entities and various intermediaries; transit country for and consumer of South American cocaine, Southwest Asian ...
www.exxun.com/Switzerland/i_ti.html
offshore
... jobs for young people entering the work force. The development of oil and gas resources in offshore waters has begun to supplement government revenues ahead of schedule and above expectations - the result ...
www.exxun.com/EastTimor/e_ec.html
offshore
none; offshore anchorage only
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/g_tr.html
